# The Summer Solstice MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 17, 2013, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170 "2013-06-17T09:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/241 "2013-06-21T13:53:32Z")
Mawnin all and happy Friday **{{{{Hugs}}}}}}** to all that need them 83 Bands, 3 days, 2 stages, all in some dubious “Pay it forward scheme”= My weekend at irk. I shall be pummeled with self important retardery and a ton of truly stupid questions\*. They want to soundcheck for 8 hours, this is a very bad thing. The only real question is Murder or Suicide? :eek:😃 **Jim** \*yes there are truly stupid questions and for your entertainment I shall post them as they come because I have intertubes at irk. This part is fun ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/242 "2013-06-21T14:01:43Z")
Bro & his GF will be here soon - the cleaning and unpacking will begin! ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/243 "2013-06-21T14:02:22Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > That is one disappointed/indignant looking pug 😃 > > Is there a magpie pie recipe on the blog? The little £%$s have pulled up almost all my beets, some of the radish and loads of my carrots (which were all looking really promising), then adandoned them otherwise undamaged. None of those would survive replanting. :mad:. \ Would you like to borrow my shotgun? I also would recommend impaling their little bodies on pointy sticks around the garden as a warning to their comrades. Worked for Vlad > **[Vlad the Impaler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_impaler)** > > Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș \[ˈvlad ˈtsepeʃ\]) or Vlad Dracula (/ˈdrækjʊlə, -jə-/; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea \[ˈdrəkule̯a\]; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania. > He was the second son of Vlad Dracul, who became the ruler of Wallachia in 1436. Vlad and his younger brother, Radu, were held as hos... **Jim** ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/244 "2013-06-21T14:04:02Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > **Bob** , that third twister shot looks awfully… ummm… close? All shots were taken by the same photog, and she was mobile. That last one was from behind. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/245 "2013-06-21T14:08:25Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > They want to soundcheck for 8 hours, this is a very As one of the many Berklee dropouts littering the landscape, I’m quite familiar with the self-important retardery of young musicians … but this seems a little excessive even for that. I wish you luck. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/246 "2013-06-21T14:15:01Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > As one of the many Berklee dropouts littering the landscape, I’m quite familiar with the self-important retardery of young musicians … but this seems a little excessive even for that. I wish you luck. Really, we have another Mumper Musician, woot woot! What do you play? If you were there in the past few years Tomo Fujita(yes I know) is a friend. **Jim** ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/247 "2013-06-21T14:30:27Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > Really, we have another Mumper Musician, woot woot! What do you play? If you were there in the past few years Tomo Fujita(yes I know) is a friend. No, I was there close to twenty years ago. I was a voice principal and a film scoring major, and easily one of the least talented people ever to attend the school. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/248 "2013-06-21T14:35:55Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > \ > > Worked for Vlad > > [Vlad the Impaler - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_impaler) > > **Jim** Oh yes, the fellow who cultivated [Dracula orchids.](http://www.tropical-plants-flowers-and-decor.com/images/draculaOrchid.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/249 "2013-06-21T15:01:48Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Your reason is probably more enjoyable than mine. I go in for two-level lumbar fusion on Wednesday. Everyone tells me it’s not exactly an easy thing to recover from, and I won’t be able to touch the lawn mower for at least a couple of months. > > Walking will be good for me, but the pushing, pulling, and general banging around on our lumpy lawn will not be good. Ah, wow, yes a different reason altogether. My wife had something kinda similar a decade back. Spinal hemangioma (sp?) where they fused three vertebrae, packed a weak area with bone from her hip, added a little donor bone and came in from the front and back with titanium to hold everything in place. She had a turtle girdle for about 6 weeks, a hard plastic shell to wear but now she’s fully recovered w/ about 80% of her previous stretch mobility. I hope you fare that well or even better. It’s a pain but you gotta do it. As for the mowing, I’ve done it all my life and enjoy doing our yard now, the extra attention to detail shows and not having a big commercial mower in your yard makes a huge difference. But recently I started thinking I’d much rather spend those 2.5 hours every Saturday morning doing something else; pruning, firing up the smoker so I can do bigger cuts all day long, etc. That’s a morning of heat and sweat I won’t miss, plus I needed to find someone for when we’re on extended vacation. So yesterday when I got home a service had done the yard. I just may get used to this. Good luck on your surgery! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/250 "2013-06-21T15:07:47Z")
I had a driving lesson today, and didn’t do too badly. Yay. I’m bainging the bass drum in a concert today. Unfortunately, an ex-friend of mine that I totally don’t get along with is also playing in this concert. (If only I’d known before I’d made the commitment…) I guess if I get annoyed, I can always take out my anger on the bass drum. It’s fun to play an instrument that you can smack the crap out of. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/251 "2013-06-21T15:47:29Z")
Lunch break! Lattice is up, trim goes next, planting has begun. It’s looking snazzy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/252 "2013-06-21T15:51:15Z")
I called Hewlett Packard to obtain a warranty replacement on a switch. Spoke with some poor guy in India, Pakistan or Pago-Pago who wanted to know if I wanted to “transfer the license.” Difficult to explain the concept, “What the f-ck are you taking about?” when the other guy doesn’t have a command of English idiom. At any rate, HP is cool and a warranty replacement is on the way. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/253 "2013-06-21T15:53:35Z")
Hi again I have much love for my Production Manager, he told me to stand by and he would call me when needed. I went to the donut shop and grabbed some kolaches, so the crew could have a few bites and this happened… Cop car pulls into donut shop parking lot as I am walking out the door I say " there is a joke in here somewhere" Cop says " never heard it" we both giggled a bit \*\*Jim Midget\*\* I often call it percussive therapy, mallet will do but hammers are the right tool for the job 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/254 "2013-06-21T15:55:10Z")
I’m out for the day. 😉 I’ve got just enough time to get bored before I have to leave for the wedding, but not enough time to nap. I think I’ll go home and shower up and fix my hairs, then go get a manicure before driving down the shore. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/255 "2013-06-21T16:36:42Z")
**Drae** I am glad to see you are usin’ your time for productive purtification. 😃 N.O.L. is et. Leftovers from last night. Meh. Tonight is chikin nachos because they’re good, easy to fix and I’m lazy. I want to go home. Now. Tough! Gotta stay at irk. Life is hard! ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/256 "2013-06-21T17:04:13Z")
Thanks **swampy** ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/257 "2013-06-21T17:11:58Z")
Mrs. Plant (v.3.) is taking her daughter to the Dallas airport this weekend. I am trying to think of amusing ways to answer the phone when she calls, such as, “Pipe down, girls, I’m trying to talk here!” and “_Who_?” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/258 "2013-06-21T17:46:25Z")
_AAAAAAAAAAND_, we quit! 😃 It’s not even 80° out, but it feels lots hotter in the sun and we’ve been at it for at least 5 hours - enuff is enuff!! \*\*FCD \*\*got all the trim on, I got 2 garden beds edged, planted, and mulched, and he started on the railings. We need to buy 14 more edging pieces for the rest of the garden. Maybe later this afternoon? Meanwhile, I just heard the shower turn off, so it’s my turn. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/259 "2013-06-21T17:48:42Z")
**Flytrap** try “I told you idiots to bring the sofa back inside!”, “We’ll play pin the tail on the stripper after I get off the phone!”, “I said no nekkid Jell-O wrestling in the living room!”, and, of course, the ever popular, “How in hell am I going to explain this to the cops!” Always glad to be of help. 😃 **MOOOOOM** if all this extra stuff to buy is related to the fancy-schmancy clothesline, you may be the only person in history that has to go back to irk because you need the extra money so you can afford a clothesline to hang the laundry out to dry. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/260 "2013-06-21T17:53:25Z")
\*\*swampy \*\*- it’s for the landscaping around the clotheslines. 😛 At least I don’t have to buy any plants - I’m just moving around stuff that I have. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170.md?page=14)